[monolith]

I've recently seen customers at work (I work in a large record store) wearing UE Triple.fis, Super.fi 5 Pros, Grados (SR-60, 80, 225), some kind of Ultrasones (ugliest headphones ever), various Shure models (including one guy wearing E2Cs backwards - that is, without running them behind his ears).

Surely some of those people are from here.

 

[moogoob]

I saw some guy on the subway yesterday wearing Grado SR80s. He kept staring at my own SR80s, so he MUST be a Head-Fier.

Come on, mysterious guy, out yourself!

 

[charonme]

a guy with ksc75 yesterday in bus. I consider that special because most people wear porta pros here.

 

[Saana]

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Originally Posted by bbbbb /img/forum/go_quote.gif this is very worrying... no one in MY school spends more than $150 for their ear/headphones.......

I would say that same about the city i live, and almost whole country xD Damn you Finnish people!

 

[knights]

lots of ipod buds, fakes, china-made crappy headphones here... the only head-turner for me is a physician wearing se-530, actually we've made conversation and invite him to join head-fi...he seems to have deep pocket to be a head-fier..LOL..

 

[charonme]

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Originally Posted by Saana /img/forum/go_quote.gif Quote: Originally Posted by bbbbb /img/forum/go_quote.gif no one in MY school spends more than $150 for their ear/headphones I would say that same about the city i live, and almost whole country

Porta pro is the most expensive and the most frequently seen headphone here. It costs 7% of the average monthly sallary in my district, but some people probably bought it >3 years ago when it was >11%. Anyway, people here spend more on a pair of shoes, pants or a jacket for 1 season.

Yesterday I watched Once and it's full of HD25-1s and HD25-1 SPs (there is a scene of a band recording in a studio) even the bonus feature (making of) shows the crew using them

 

[Uchuujin-san]

Saw someone at the Monash Uni bus depot running around with AT AD700's over a beanie which was strange... might have been the same guy a few days earlier that i thought i saw wearing either grado SR60's or 80's, had the grado shape and a silver button on the grill. Other than that there's the usual sea of iBuds and SonyEricsson phones that you get with the mobiles.
Any other Monash Uni students in here?

 

[Zuerst]

Do people seriously use open headphone like sr80 and ad700 communting in public? What?

 

[Caution]

yea I don't see how you could possibly use open phones on a bus...

on the other hand, I've seen a few people lately with Porta Pros, I haven't seen them being sold in retail stores, so maybe they are doing their research before buying

 

[scompton]

In my experience, most closed headphones are worthless in public transportation. For me, IEMs are the only way to get enough isolation

 

[Octopus.]

All I see at my school... uh... MDR V200's... and $10 - $30 headphones.

(First post omgogmogmg)

 

[Caution]

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Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif In my experience, most closed headphones are worthless in public transportation. For me, IEMs are the only way to get enough isolation

I felt the same way as well with my HD-25's, which now belong to a friend (;

 

[G-man]

saw a guy on the cricle line today with a pair of black q-jays and a d2. definately a head fier me thinks.

 

[moogoob]

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Originally Posted by Zuerst /img/forum/go_quote.gif Do people seriously use open headphone like sr80 and ad700 communting in public? What?

I do.

SR80s are very light and (relatively) compact, and I can still hear enough over the music to know if a car is going to run me over when I'm walking or some drunk is throwing a ruckus at the back of the train when on the subway. Total isolation in public creeps me out.

 

[scompton]

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Originally Posted by moogoob /img/forum/go_quote.gif I do. SR80s are very light and (relatively) compact, and I can still hear enough over the music to know if a car is going to run me over when I'm walking or some drunk is throwing a ruckus at the back of the train when on the subway. Total isolation in public creeps me out.

I hear people talking on the DC Metro with my UM1s on. Plus the fact that the average noise level on a moving train is over 95dB with peaks over 110dB. I don't want to listen to music that loud. Even in an underground station without a train, the background sound is 85dB.